College of Engineering

Engineering Project Management

First Hourly Examination Spring – 2012
Course ID: GE – 421 Class ID: 12852
Time: 1Hour Max Marks: 50
Instructor: Sajjad Hussain

Name: _______________________ Reg. No. ________________

Q. No. 1 Select the appropriate answer from the given choices for the following statements:
[20 Marks]
1. All of the following are part of the Time
Management processes, Except
a) Activity sequencing 6. If the optimistic estimate is 1, the
b) Activity planning pessimistic estimate is 9 and most likely
estimate is 8, what is the PERT estimate?
c) Activity definition
a) 9
d) Activity estimating
2. It is important for a project manager to keep b) 7
an eye on ______ . c) 8
d) 3
a) Float
b) Early finish 7. If the actual cost line supersedes the earned
c) Near critical path value line in S – curve, it means________.
d) Late start
a) SPI is less than 1
3. Following task dependency type is rarely b) Project is under-budget
used in projects. c) Project is delayed
d) Schedule variance is positive
a) Finish to start
b) Start to start 8. If the SPI is greater than 1 then the best
c) Finish to finish thing to do is?
d) Stat to finish
a) Fast tracking
4. In PERT analysis, PERT weighted average is b) Resource leveling
close to _______ duration. c) Monte Carlo analysis
d) Crashing
a) Optimistic
9. In an activity-on-node diagram, the nodes
b) Pessimistic
represent:
c) Most likely
d) Opportunistic a) Work packages
b) Activities
5. While controlling the duration of the project,
c) Dependencies
cost of the project always increases, when
d) Discretionary activities
_________ is done.
10. What technique would you use to compute
a) Crashing
the probability of completing on a specific
b) Fast tracking day?
c) Estimating
a) Reserve analysis
d) Sequencing
b) Monte Carlo analysis
c) Probability analysis
d) Variance analysis

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 College of Engineering
Engineering Project Management
First Hourly Examination Spring – 2012
Course ID: GE – 421 Class ID: 12852
Time: 1Hour Max Marks: 50
Instructor: Sajjad Hussain

Q. No. 2 For the given AOA diagram, answer the question at the end:

(a) Identify the total no. of paths [10 Marks]

(b) Calculate the critical path

Q. No. 3 Briefly explain the methods for controlling project cost and schedule. [10 Marks]

Q. No. 4 What are the characteristics of a project manager? [10 Marks]

***** Good Luck *****

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